[IP] Coming soon: superfast internet

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Irwin.Lazar@nemertes.com [Irwin.Lazar@nemertes.com]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 1:40 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Coming soon: superfast internet

For IP if you wish, hopefully we get to see the results of the network before the black hole they create eats us all.  :-)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece

THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.

At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds.

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